Concealed blindstitched binding



S. G. TATE.

CONCEALED BLINDSTIICHED BINDING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, I9I9.

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@AIIUEL GEORGE TATE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIt TO UNION SPECIAL MACHIN 1E COMP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

OONCEALED BLINDSTITGHED BINDING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GEORGE TATE, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concealed Blindstitched Bindings, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new improvements in concealed stitched bindingsthat is, a binding for a body fabric, wherein the stitches securing the binding to the body fabric are entirely concealed from view on-theright or face side of the body fabric.

An object of the invention is to provide a stitched binding of the above character, wherein'the stitches securing, the binding to the body fabricare in the nature of blind stitchesthat is, stitches which are formed by a needle entering and emerging from the same face of the fabric, and wherein, also, said stitches are concealed from view on the right or face side of the bodyfabric.

In the drawings Figure 1' is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, showing a bodyfabric having a binding attached thereto by my improved means,

the section being taken'along the line of stitching Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In carrying outthe invention, a binding is applied'to abodyfabric and the edge of the binding on the right or face side of the body fabric is inturned. The other edge of the binding is placed against the opposite side of thebody fabric and may likewise be in-" turned, if desired. After the binding has been placed around the edge of the body fabric, it is stitched by a stitching mechanism, wherein the needle enters and emerge'son the same, face of the fabric; The parts are so positioned that the needle enters the binding at a point opposite the right or face 7 side of the body fabric, passing through thebinding, then through the body fabric, then through the inturned edgeof the binding only on the right or face side of the body fabric; then, again, through said inturned portion of the binding, the body fabric and the binding at theopposite side of the fabric froxhisaid inturned portion, where it emerges Specification of Letters Patent.

and useful Patented Jan. TO, 15922..

Application filed September 24, 1919. Serial .No. 325,941.

and the thread loop carried by the needle is locked in any suitable way. i

. Referring more in detail to the drawings, I have shown a body fabric which is indicated at if. A binding indicated at B'is applied to the body fabric. The right or face side of the body fabric is indicated at 1 and the opposite side of the body fabric at 2. The binding on the right or face side of the body fabric is inturned as indicated at 3.v The binding on the opposite side of the fabric is shown in the drawing as inturned, is indicated at 4:. The binding is placed on the body fabric in the position above described and isthen stitched by a stitching mechanism which passes a thread loop, indicated at 5, both through the binding at the side 2 of the body fabric andthe inturned portion i thereof; then through the body fabric. F and through the inturned portion 3 on the at the face of the-binding strip on the side opposite'the right or face side of'the body .fabric. The needle loop, as shown in the drawings, is locked by a thread indicated at 6, making a.well known lock stitch. This thread 6 during the setting of the stitch is drawn into the goods. -The point where the threads 5 and 6 interlock is immaterial. It is also immaterial'whether '-a'.single thread .75 rightor face side of the body fabric. Said be passed bodily through'the thread loop 5 or whether the'thread loop 5 be locked in other ways.

v The essential feature of the invention consists in the placing of the binding before it is stitched and then the stitching of the binding in such a way that the thread loops are in the nature'of. blind stitches-that is, the thread loops enter and emerge on the same face of the fabric and said thread loops are face side ofthe body fabric, The thread loops at the same time pass through the inturned portion of the blnding, indicated at 3, and thus firmly secure the binding to the --also concealed from view at the right or" 5 as passing through the inturned portionB, and lying for a distance between the sai d inturned portion 3 and the .outer portion of the binding adjacent thereto, it will be 'obvi-. ous that said 'thread loops 5 may be wholly vembedded in the inturned portion 3 or may extend into the main portion of the binding "above the inturned portion 3, provided said thread loops do not extend through to the surface of the binding atthe right'or' face.

i side of the fabric so as to be visible.

It is obvious that ininor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit ofthe invention as, setforth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-as new and desire to "secure 'by LettersPatent, is: 1 i v 1. A concealed blind stitched binding comprising a body fabric, a binding extending i about the edge of the fabric and having its ing the binding and body fabric at prising ii body fabric, a binding extending about the edge'of the fabric and havin its edge portion on the right or face side of the fabric turned in, and a line of concealedblind stitches for securing the binding to the body fabric inch iding thread loops enteroints opposite the face side of the body 'abric', passing through the same and into the turned in edge portion of the bindingandreenten ing the fabric fabric.

2. A concealed blind stitched binding comedge portion on the right or face side 0 the from the face side of saidnoaiee fabric turned in, and a line of concealed blind stitches for securing the binding to the body fabric including thread loops entering the binding and body fabric at points opposite the face sideof the body fabric, passing through the same and into and through the turned'in edge portion of the binding only and reentering the body fabric from the face side of said fabric, portionsof. said loops through the same'and into and through the turned in edge portion of the binding only, and reentering the turned in edge portion of thebinding and body fabric from the face side of said fabric, said thread loops being disposed close to the fold in the binding formed by the turning in of the edge thereof.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

s I EL enonen TATE. Witnesses: I

' ARTHUR F. LARRABEE,

RALPH E. Lrnnenne. 

